Land Rover‘s first fully electric Range Rover looks almost identical to the gas one, which appears to be the whole point. Under the same fifth-gen body sit two 260-kW permanent-magnet motors, one per axle, making 542 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque. That torque figure beats every Range Rover in the nameplate’s 56 years, including the twin-turbo V8, by 74 lb-ft. The 118.5-kWh double-stacked battery runs an 800-volt architecture rated at 333 miles EPA, charges from 10 to 80 percent in 22 minutes on a 350-kW plug, and gets a NACS port for Tesla Superchargers. Off-road spec mostly survived the swap, with 35.4 inches of wading depth, 45-degree climbs using a new single-pedal mode, and a traction system that adjusts motor speed in 50 milliseconds. What it gives up is towing, down to 5,511 pounds, and the seven-seat option the battery pack ate.
Orders are open now at $138,000, roughly $25,000 over a base Range Rover SE.
